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Re: Human-readable file sorting
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Marcin Borkowski |
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Re: Human-readable file sorting |
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Sat, 20 Feb 2016 09:14:48 +0100 |
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On 2016-02-20, at 08:15, Lars Ingebrigtsen <address@hidden> wrote:
> Marcin Borkowski <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Wouldn't it be cleaner (and more flexible) to introduce a variable
>> `file-string-lessp-function'? Then the user could also account for
>> 1,000.23 and similar cases by themselves when needed. One could then
>> even put a special value in .dir-locals.el for e.g. music files (which
>> sometimes follow strange naming conventions).
>
> We could allow `file-sorting-method' to be a function in addition to the
> special symbols. I kinda like having predefined symbols for
> user-oriented variables, though. Less chance of users getting
> confused. :-)
Good point.
>> BTW, I like this idea. FWIW, exactly because of this issue I use
>> trailing zeros when naming files, and do not expect file sorting to be
>> too smart, but many people don't do this, and renaming files I get from
>> them is a pain.
>
> I had a collection of stuff that I had padded with four zeros, and then
> I needed another digit. *sigh*
Ha, once I had to decide on a policy for naming files. I carefully
estimated how much digits I'd need (three), and then settled for four
just to be safe. (I've been using that system for some 8 years now, and
still have to reach the 0500 mark, so I don't expect an overflow within
my life-span.)
> Computers are really good at doing stuff like sorting, so we should let
> them do that, so that humans don't have to do so much work. :-)
And this is a very good point! I'd be the first to test this feature.
Best,
--
Marcin Borkowski
http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Adam Mickiewicz University
- Human-readable file sorting, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2016/02/19
- Re: Human-readable file sorting, John Wiegley, 2016/02/19
- Re: Human-readable file sorting, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2016/02/19
- Re: Human-readable file sorting, John Wiegley, 2016/02/19
- Re: Human-readable file sorting, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2016/02/20
- Re: Human-readable file sorting, Marcin Borkowski, 2016/02/20
- Re: Human-readable file sorting, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2016/02/20
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- Re: Human-readable file sorting, Marcin Borkowski, 2016/02/22
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- Re: Human-readable file sorting, Marcin Borkowski, 2016/02/24
- Re: Human-readable file sorting, John Wiegley, 2016/02/20
- Re: Human-readable file sorting, Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2016/02/20
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